The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-21
SCOUTS IN CALVES.

Correspondent County Gentleman.
Last year | had considerable trouble with
scours when the calves were young. Some
died others succeeded IN curing Think
INK there must be some cause for this trouble,
my first aim was 10 find out, and then 10
avoid IL In future
Last season the COWS cnlvcd the last ~ hu-
gust and first II September, when the heat
was intense, aud ~ one step In the right
direction had them cnlve "A month later
this year. The iirst calf lost was taught Ia
drink at the start n very common practice
among all brcdcrs-whcthcr good or bad
will not attempt to dccidc-but 10 make u
chang, calves since then have been allowed
a. suck the COW ten days or two weeks. Milk
will undoubtedly digest better taken Ia this
way than In any other, and indigestion II
one 81 the well known causes Of bowel com
plants
Could we avoid all the causes 81 diarrhca,
u would Ice useless Ia prescribe remedy.
by taking the precautions named above, |
have ~ far avoided the disease that only one
cnsc has come ~ my notice this year, which
was easily cured by method perhaps un-
known Ia many ~ your readers. M novel
IL the remedy that II deserves notice, even II
" pruyokcs rdiculo from skilled ycterinari-
ans. The calf upon which the medicine was
tried hal been sick twcnty-fuur hours The
contents Of the bowels seemed To bc thin, like
water
In the morning, an egg. after being we'll
beaten, was put Ia the milk to bc FED, and at
night another crg was given In the same way.
There being NO signs for a change for the
better, late In the evening ! rcsortcd TO-. a
stronger remedy, which had used with sue
cess before. little warm milk was put In
a bottle, aud with the milk tcaspoonful Of
ginger and two Of Ayers pills, well pulycr-
H., ICED. wer" mixed This dose was given 10 the
calf, aud In twenty four hours a perfect cur
! was effected, which appears "a be permanent.
NJ during the ten days which have since
elapsed. the calf hos been, 10 all appearance,
perfectly healthy. Whether | am 10 give
credit 60 the eggs, ginger or pills, Is not very
clear. The calf was nice hcifcr, deyccndcd
from both Mary Anne of ~. Lambert aud
Eurotas, aud ! did not like Ia wait long To
watch the effect ot the we'll known CHT;
remedy, which had never tried before.
Often very simple remedy will bo all
that IL necessary. A ncghbor was once show
ing me his calves when he pointed 20 one
that had had the scour for several weeks,
aud was not doing very we'll. Said he. what
shall do for himr' "Scnld the milk aud put
IN tcnspoonful Of ginger" was my reply.
Aitcrwarl, ] inquircd for the calf That
cured him. was his laconic way VI telling
The story.
II Il believed by many that red clover Is
one ~ the must valuable of soiling crup-,
though not much used fer this purpose. A
half Acrc will keep one COW throughout the
months ~ June. July aud August u cut
and fell NJ the STALL while morc than twice
this amount Of land, " rrarcd, according "a
apartments IN England will barely suhsisl
a COW during the same timc.-kN.
Prof Arnold says COWS fed on meal mixed
with straw, cut and muisicncd, give NOR
milk and considerably richer than when fed
on the best hay alonc-Ex.
The North Mississippi poultry and pet
stock association will hold IT, second annual
exhibition at Grenada, Mis-, commencing
November ~ aud ending DECEMBER D.